Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro have caused extensive damage to administrative buildings in the capital Brasília.
Thousands of people invaded the area of several government buildings in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, on Sunday.
Congress, the Supreme Court and the President’s official residence suffered damage.
All three buildings also housed valuable art collections that were damaged by the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro during supporters’ attacks.
The rioters destroyed expensive works of art, damaged furniture and broke windows, he says BBC (switch to another service).
Some of the art was destroyed beyond repair.
Curator of the Presidential Palace Rogerio Carvalho says, according to the BBC, that it is impossible to assess the damage caused by the rioters.
According to Carvalho, the art collections contain many objects of enormous historical value. Therefore, the damage to many works of art cannot be measured in money.
Bolsonaro’s supporters destroyed, for example, a collection of paintings that showed all the presidents of Brazil From Juscelino Kubitschek from
Kubitschek served as president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961.
A painting worth over a million euros and an extremely rare watch were destroyed in the riots
One of the most precious works of art destroyed is by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti painting As mulatas.
The value of the painting is at least eight million reais, or about 1.5 million euros. The vandals punctured the painting in seven places.
Also, a Polish artist by Frans Krajcberg the white wooden sculpture was broken. The value of the work is approximately 300,000 reais, i.e. more than 50,000 euros.
The vandals also thoroughly messed up the places.
Showing the Brazilian flag Jorge Eduardo the painting Bandeira do Brasil was found lying in a puddle on the ground floor of the presidential palace.
Chairs used by Supreme Court judges were torn open and thrown outside the building.
The chairs were designed by Brazil’s most famous designer Jorge Zalszup.
of the former president of Brazil Juscelino Kubitschek the desk, on the other hand, was used as a barricade.
Among the destroyed art objects is also by Sérgio Rodrigues designed glass table, Bruno Giorgi bronze sculpture of O Flaut and watchmaker By Balthazar Martinot a clock built by the King of Portugal Juhana IV received as a gift from France in the 17th century.
According to the Brazilian government, before the events of the weekend, there were only two such Martinotti clocks left in the world, one of which is located in the Palace of Versailles.
The counter-demonstrations demand that Bolsonaro be put behind bars
According to the Reuters news agency, on Tuesday the authorities dismantled the camps set up by Bolsonaro’s supporters in Brasília.
Brazilian media estimated that around 3,000 people participated in the riots in the capital over the weekend. The police said on Tuesday that they have questioned about a thousand people who participated in the protests. An additional 1,500 were arrested.
At the same time, large pro-democracy demonstrations broke out in Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo.
On Tuesday, the president dressed in red clothes Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva supporters demand Bolsonaro’s imprisonment.
Source: Reuters